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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 10:47 |
 MAKING WAVES Taryn Erickson swam to a seventh place finish in the breast stroke at the Hamilton meet this past weekend. She placed eighth in the 50 fly and eighth in the 50 back in the Junior division.
The orders looked like this: 1st Bitterroot, 2nd Columbia Falls, 3rd. Conrad, 4th Cut Bank, 5th Shelby, 6h Plains, 7th Fort Benton, 8th Choteau, 9th Chester, 10th Sunburst.
Highlighting the meet for Conrad were Jenny Silvernale and Makayla Barringer, both earning High Point honors in the Intermediate and Junior divisions respectively.
Silvernale placed first in the 200 IM, 100 breast and 100 backstroke events.
On Saturday, she set a new pool record in the 100 breast with a time of 1:20.03. Then on Sunday she broke her own record in the same event with a clocking of 1:19.23. She also set a pool record in the backstroke with a time of 1:11.0.
Barringer placed first in the 50 free, 100 breast and 50 fly events. She also set a new pool record in the 100 breast in a time of 1:16.91.
In the other team members individual and relays, places went like this:
BANTAMS
Kinsey Harris 2nd, 25-free, 3rd 50-free, 5th25-fly; Nicole Erickson 6th 25-free, 9th 25-back, 3rd 25-fly’ Raelynn Jones 5th 25-free; Shawn Cassidy 2nd 25-free, 3rd 50-free, 2nd 25-back; Brad Vanderbush 9th 25-free, 12th 50-free; Dania Jones 1st 25 breast, 6th 50 free, 4th 100-IM; Jerry Cassidy 8th 50-free, 7th 25-back, 4th 25-fly.
The 100 Free Relay team of Dania Jones, Raelynn Jones, Kinsey Harris and Nicole Erickson took second. The 100 Medley team of R. Jones. D. Jones, Erickson and Harris were also in second.
MIDGETS
Krista Judisch 2nd 100-IM, 6th 50-breast, 1st 50-back; Kyleigh Salois 6th 100-IM, 5th 50-free, 4th 50-fly; Emily Harwood 7th 50-free, 7th 50-brest, 5th 50-back; Delaney Gilbert 4th 50-free, 11th 50-breast, 7th 50-back; Eric Harwood 10th 50-free, 9th 100-free, 11th 50-back; Molly Gianarelli 10th 50-breast; Lacey Jones 1st 50-breast, 3rd 100-free, 2nd 50-back.
In the 100 Free Relay, the team of Eric Harwood, Jerry Cassidy, Brad Vanderbush and Shawn Cassidy took third.
JUNIORS
Makayla Barringer 1st 200-IM, 1st 50-free, 1st 50-back; Kelci Watterud 5th 200-IM, 9th 50-beast, 9th 50-fly; Jayde Richardson 4th 50-free, 4th 50-breast, 7th 50-fly; Teagan Tucker 5th 50-fre, 1st 50-breat, 2n 50-back; Taryn Erickson 7th 50-breast, 8th 50-back, 8th 50-fly; Skylar Shirley 6th 50-breast; Shannon Herring 12th 100-free, 10th 50-fly; Samantha Turnquist 10th 100-free, 12th 50-back.
In the 200 A Free Relay, the team of Richardson, Erickson, Barringer and Tucker placed first. In the 200 Free B, the team of Turnquist, Herring, Shirley and Watterud were sixth.
The 200 Medley A team of Tucker, Erickson, Barringer and Richardson were first and the 200 B team of Herring, Shirley, Watterud and Turnquist placed sixth.
INTERMEDIATE
Jenny Silvernale 1st 200-IM, 1st 100-breast, 1st 100-back. Three pool records.
SENIORS
Cheney Gianarelli 7th 400-free, 11th 100-free; Logan Erickson 10th 50-free, 9th 100-free; Andrew Lehnerz 3rd 50-free, 4th 1—free, 4th 100-back; Melissa Barringer 1st 50-free, 1st 100-breast, 2nd 50-fly.
This weekend the swim team goes to Fort Benton for a meet.
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 06:52 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
 DROUGHT VICTIM This poor old pine tree in Keil Park has seen better days. Ground samples were sent to MSU and a report back to Rich Anderson, Public Works Director said the cause of the tree dying was drought related. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler
Aldermen Sandy Syvertson and Wally McHenry were in favor of a mechanical system while council members Gary Brown and Wendy Judisch favored a phased-in upgrading.
The city’s three lagoon cells cover about 23 acres and contain 37 million gallons of sewage. The majority of the system is 25 to 40 years old and over time has accumulated approximately 22 million gallons of sludge.
Presently, the lagoon(s) do not meet current Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) or Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards and in the past seven years there have been over 11 violation notices. The current system cannot even meet the existing or new DEQ discharge or ammonia standards and requirements.
The upgraded system is designed for a population of 4,000, which will allow for commercial and industrial growth and related residential expansion.
Recently, Rep. Denny Rehberg tentatively secured a $500,000 STAG (State and Tribal Assistance Gant) to help renovate the wastewater treatment facility.
There is approved TSEP funding (Treasure State Endowment Program) of $500,000 and the city has approximately $350,000 in reserves for the project.
Originally the facility upgrading started out as a $1.75 million project (2004) but now, current figures put the wastewater project at around $3.382 million.
During a public comment segment of the council meeting, former Mayor Byron Grubb commented on the facility improvement, telling the council, “You need to do it, you need to get off centerline and get it done.”
Brown said, “It’s a tough, tough decision and without adequate funding, this is going to cost a lot of dollars.”
He still wanted to go with a phased-in plan, “It will put us in compliance with the current permit.” He feels the city is being pushed into a system that is more than we need. “If they (EPA/DEQ) are going to push that, they need to come up with funding,”
McHenry noted, “The longer we go, the cost is just going to go up.”
Judisch said, “It’s hard to think about voting on this and then, ‘oh by the way’ it will cost you another $21 a month. We need to come up with $2 million over the next 20 years and $85,000 a year.” (In additional operation and maintenance costs)
Nancy Cormier, the senior project engineer from Morrison Maierle, Inc., said, “You don’t have a choice, you are not in compliance. I don’t know what they are, but the fines can add up.”
McHenry added, “In my opinion, you have to go for the mechanical plant. I’d hate to go through the phased-in system and then start over in 10 years.” In 2004, the estimated cost was $1.75 million.
He went on to add, “You may not be able to up grade the phased-in lagoon system to meet new compliance requirements of the DEQ/EPA.”
Mayor John Shevlin asked for quick comments from the public in attendance. Brad Berthelson said, “I’m getting a head-ache. It’s been a mish-mash for the last half hour.”
Renée Dent commented, “I don’t like it, but if we have to do it, we have to do it.” Gary Dent said, “It seems like yesterday I was paying $28, now its around $75. I don’t like it, but I’d vote for the system.”
Grubb said, “I’d go for the increase. I’m willing to pay $20 more. If you want growth, we need this.”
Finance officer Agnes Fowler noted, “We’re doing our best to come up with something. If it all comes through, (WRDA, Rural Development loan/grant, and the STAG) it will not be that high.”
She went on to say, “The cost for either phased-in or mechanical systems in the end will be the same, using only the TSEP $500,000. The costs projected, were a worse case scenario
Mayor Shevlin said, “If we had a choice we wouldn’t do it, the last thing I want to do is put a high rate on the people.”
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Read more... [Mayor breaks tie vote]
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 06:47 |
By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
Secrets are few and far between in Conrad, or any small town for that matter.
However the Pondera Golf Club (PGC) may be a secret to a lot of folks.
For way too many years the PGC, located a little more than a mile west of the stoplight on Main St., has been referred to as “The Country Club” thus giving the impression that it is a private membership club.
Nothing could be further from the truth. The PGC is a non-profit and open to the public not only for golfing, but other functions such as wedding receptions, family and class reunions, gatherings like the Conrad Chamber of Commerce or the Red Hat Ladies, business meetings, no matter how big or small.
With a full liquor license, the PGC is the only eatery/tavern in Conrad with a really cool view.
You can look out over the golf course and back towards Conrad, either from inside an air-conditioned smoke-free building or out on their covered patio while you sip on your favorite beverage.
The restaurant portion of the PGC has a special every Friday. This week it just happens to be stuffed green peppers, whipped up by assistant club manager Teri Jo Fitzpatrick.
If you happen to like a special dish, you can even ask her to fix it up for the Friday special and if at all possible, she will try to get out on a Friday night.
An every-night-special that is becoming extremely popular is the “Bucket of Beer and Basket of Wings.” “For $14 you get a six-pack of beer and many, many wings,” says Fitzgerald. Asked how many is many, she came back and chuckled, “More than you can eat.”
Of course there are the every-restaurant staples of hamburgers and fries and hot dogs as well as chicken and beef strips, beer battered mushrooms and mini-tacos.
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